Rhode Island's prime art museum is the RISD Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design , with about 100,000 European, American, Latin American and Asian artworks from ancient Greek and Roman statuary through centuries of painting and sculpture, costumes and textiles, furniture, decorative arts and design, prints, drawings and photographs. More...

Saunderstown

Gilbert Stuart's unfinished 1796 portrait of George Washington is perhaps the most famous and beloved image of the USA's first president—except for that other Stuart portrait, the one on the US $1 bill.

You can take a fascinating look into the life, times and art of the artist and his artist daughter Jane Stuart at the Bell Art Gallery of the Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum, 10 miles (16 km) west of Newport. More...